Lisboa

See also: Lisbõa

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Paleo-Hispanicbor.?

Tartessianbor.?

Phoeniciander.?

Latin Olisīpō

Vulgar Latin Olisiponabor.

Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa

Portuguese Lisboader.

English Lisboa

Derived from Portuguese Lisboa.

Proper noun

Lisboa

1. Dated form of Lisbon.

Anagrams

• bolias, abilos

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lizˈbo.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lizˈbo.a]

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Related terms

• lisboeta

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Paleo-Hispanicbor.?

Tartessianbor.?

Phoeniciander.?

Latin Olisīpō

Vulgar Latin Olisiponabor.

Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa

Galician Lisboa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, borrowed from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), borrowed from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō.

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Related terms

• lisboeta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Lissabon

Proper noun

Lisboa

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Lisboa

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Portuguese

Localização do distrito de Lisboa em Portugal

Panorama urbano da cidade de Lisboa

Alternative forms

• Lx.ª, Lx., LX, Lx (abbreviation)
• Lesboa (eye dialect)
• Lixboa (obsolete, Early Modern)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Paleo-Hispanicbor.?

Tartessianbor.?

Phoeniciander.?

Latin Olisīpō

Vulgar Latin Olisiponabor.

Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa

Portuguese Lisboa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, borrowed from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), borrowed from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō. Doublet of Olissipo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lizˈbo(w).ɐ/ [lizˈbo(ʊ̯).ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lizˈbo(w).ɐ/ [lizˈbo(ʊ̯).ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo(w).ɐ/ [liʒˈbo(ʊ̯).ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lizˈbo(w).a/ [lizˈbo(ʊ̯).a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo.ɐ/ [liʒˈβo.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo.ɐ/ [liʒˈβo.ɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo(w).ɐ/ [liʒˈβo(w).ɐ]

• (Lisbon) IPA^(key): /lɨʒˈbo.ɐ/, [lɨʒˈβo.ɐ]

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: Lis‧bo‧a

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (a municipality and capital city of Portugal)
2. Lisbon (a district in central Portugal)

Usage notes

• Lisboa is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Meronyms

civil parishes of Lisbon: freguesias de Lisboaedit

• Ajuda
• Alcântara
• Alvalade
• Areeiro
• Arroios
• Avenidas Novas
• Beato
• Belém
• Benfica
• Campo de Ourique
• Campolide
• Carnide
• Estrela
• Lumiar
• Marvila
• Misericórdia
• Olivais
• Parque das Nações
• Penha de França
• Santa Clara
• Santa Maria Maior
• Santo António
• São Domingos de Benfica
• São Vicente

municipalities of Lisbon District

• Alenquer
• Amadora
• Arruda dos Vinhos
• Azambuja
• Cadaval
• Cascais
• Lisboa
• Loures
• Lourinhã
• Mafra
• Odivelas
• Oeiras
• Sintra
• Sobral de Monte Agraço
• Torres Vedras
• Vila Franca de Xira

Derived terms

• Grande Lisboa
• lisboense
• lisboês
• lisboeta
• lisbonense
• Nova Lisboa

Descendants

• → Catalan: Lisboa
• → English: Lisboa
• → Norwegian Bokmål: Lisboa
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Lisboa
• → Spanish: Lisboa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Lisboa, displacing Spanish Lisbona, both from Latin Olisīpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lisˈboa/ [lizˈβ̞o.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: Lis‧bo‧a

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Related terms

• lisboeta